2 Chronicles 28:3-20

3Furthermore, 1he burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, and 2burned his sons in fire, 3according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from the sons of Israel. 4He sacrificed and 4burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree.

5Therefore 5the Lord his God handed him over to the king of Aram; and they 6defeated him and carried from him a great number of captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also handed over to the king of Israel, who struck him with heavy casualties. 6For 7Pekah the son of Remaliah killed 120,000 in Judah in one day, all valiant men, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their fathers. 7And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, killed Maaseiah the king’s son, Azrikam the ruler of the house, and Elkanah the second to the king.

88The sons of Israel led away captive two hundred thousand of 9their relatives, women, sons, and daughters; and they also 10took a great deal of spoils from them, and brought the spoils to Samaria. 9But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded; and 11he went out to meet the army which came to Samaria and said to them, “Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, 12was angry with Judah, He has handed them over to you, and you have killed them in a rage 13which has even reached heaven. 10Now you are proposing to 14subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. Are you not, however guilty yourselves of offenses against the Lord your God? 11Now then, listen to me and return the captives 15whom you captured from your brothers, 16for the burning anger of the Lord is against you.” 12Then some of the leading men of the sons of Ephraim--Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai--rose up against those who were coming from the battle, 13and said to them, “You must not bring the captives in here, for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us before the Lord, adding to our sins and our guilt; for our guilt is great, and His burning anger is against Israel.” 14So the armed men left the captives and the spoils before the officers and all the assembly. 15Then 17the men who were designated by name got up, took the captives, and they clothed all their naked people from the spoils; they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and 18gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, 19the city of palm trees, to their brothers; then they returned to Samaria.

1620At that time King Ahaz sent word to the 21kings of Assyria for help. 1722For the Edomites had come again and attacked Judah, and led away captives. 1823The Philistines had also invaded the cities of the 24lowland and of the Negev of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages; and they had settled there. 19For the Lord had humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of 25Israel, for he had brought about a lack of restraint in Judah and was very unfaithful to the Lord. 20So 26Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him.